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Wine Details
Price:
$29.00 per bottle
Description:
These vineyard blocks have generally produced big, rich fruit-driven Zinfandels, and this vintage is no exception.
Before the wine touches your lips, you will enjoy its deep ruby color and pronounced nose full of dried cherry and spice with a hint of oak. It is full flavored and complex, loaded with bright ripe cherry and subtle hints of dark berries, layered with light white and black pepper and warm spices. It has developed plush texture and concentrated flavors from barrel aging and the mix of cooperage. The finish is long and balanced, with fruit and light vanilla.
While the alcohol is a robust 16.5%, this full, rich Zinfandel can easily carry that level without losing its well-balanced character. An excellent match with full-flavored foods.
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Varietal Definition
Zinfandel:
Zinfandel is a variety of red grape planted in over 10 percent of California wine vineyards. DNA fingerprinting revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grape Crljenak Kaštelanski, and also the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in the 'heel' of Italy. It is typically made into a robust red wine. Its taste depends on the ripeness of the grapes from which it is made. Red berry fruits like raspberry predominate in wines from cooler areas such as the Napa Valley, whereas blackberry, anise and pepper notes are more common in wines made in warmer areas such as Sonoma County. Many Zinfandels come from head pruned ‘Old Vines’. ‘Old Vine’ is generally understood to mean a vine that is more than 50 years old and that produces less than three tons per acre. ‘Head Pruning’ is an old European style of pruning that trains the vine into the shape of a goblet. It requires no wires or other complex trellis systems. Head pruning spreads the fruit uniformly along the vine and allows light penetration.In the USA a semi-sweet Rosé (blush-style) wine called ‘White Zinfandel’ has achieved widespread popularity. In fact, this popularity has so outstripped all other forms that many fans think there is actually a grape called “White Zinfandel” (there isn’t)!
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